Category: Accidents

Car Crash near Brookland

On the A259 between Rye & Brookland

Any one else noticed this wrecked car tucked under the trees on the corner at the western end of the Brookland straight? Looks to have been there a few days but have seen no press or police reports about it.

The accident appears to have taken place at almost the exact spot as a similar accident on 31 October 2014.

The wrecked car is off the road with police tape and some of the damage to road furniture already repaired.

Pictures taken by Dace Homa

Update

Jane Barrie informed us that the accident happened on 23 October and the driver escaped with just a cut on the head!

Continue reading Car Crash near Brookland

Girl of Seven Injured in Car Crash at Northiam

 

Single Car Crash at Northiam

 

A Black Ford Fiesta was in collision with a tree at Northiam this morning (Tuesday 6 October).

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash, which happened around 7.45 am. on the A28 near Mill Terrace Junction.  Continue reading Girl of Seven Injured in Car Crash at Northiam

Alice of Riga

The Worst Lifeboat Disaster in the History of the United Kingdom

In the early hours of the morning of 15 November 1928 a chain of events started that was to lead to the worst Lifeboat disaster in the history of the United Kingdom.

The steamship Alice of Riga, a collier carrying a load of bricks, and crewed by 14 Latvian seamen, was making her way through ever roughening seas down the Channel. As she rounded Dungeness Point the weather worsened and huge seas began breaking over her bows. She was slow ship and struggled to keep from being blown off her westward course. Visibility was reducing by the minute and her stern lights may have been extinguished by the breaking waves as her crew struggled to fight her through the storm. Continue reading Alice of Riga

Ex Fireman’s River Rescue

Despite disabilities that have put one time Rye Fireman Dave Benn in a wheelchair he didn’t hesitate when the car in front of him left the road and ended up in a waterway at Small Hythe. Continue reading Ex Fireman’s River Rescue

A Letter to the Editor

 

Waiting for the Penny to Drop

 

Dear Editor
“Good news is that I truly outdid myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. Continue reading A Letter to the Editor

Work Starts on Rye Harbour ‘Safeway’

Work Starts on the “Safe-way”

As readers are aware, a feasibility study for a Cycle Footway for the length of the Rye Harbour Road was made by East Sussex County Council as long ago as April 2005. The whole route, from the village to the river bridge was included, however due to the length of the route, detailed design and implementation has to be done in a number of phases. Continue reading Work Starts on Rye Harbour ‘Safeway’

Meryon of Rye – Killed in The Alps

Meryon of Rye Killed in The Alps

By Frank Palmer

Just inside the North Door of Rye Church attached to the wall are a number of brass plaques, memorials to members of the Meryon family who are buried elsewhere.

One of these is to the memory of Lewis Kennard Meryon who was killed in a mountaineering accident; it states that Meryon was a scholar of Pembroke Continue reading Meryon of Rye – Killed in The Alps

The Bus that Went to the Cinema

Rye Electric Palace Gets an Unwanted Visitor

The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (the Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch) was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service. Continue reading The Bus that Went to the Cinema

Proposed Cycle Path Rye Harbour Road

By Brian Mathews

On August 12th my son Graham aged 22 was hit by a car in broad daylight on the Rye Harbour Road and died as a result at the scene. Continue reading Proposed Cycle Path Rye Harbour Road